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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The New Death Factories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?
(a) Michael.
(b) Morris.
(c) Manny.
(d) Maurice.

2. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?
(a) To give them intimate knowledge of the methods being used.
(b) In case some of them died.
(c) To prevent detailed knowledge of the methods being used.
(d) To separate men from women.

3. Who was the dead girl that Filip had to undress from his hometown?
(a) Yasmin Belath.
(b) Vlasta Sered.
(c) Yolana Weis.
(d) Yolanda Weiss.

4. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
(a) It would be sent back to be used the next day.
(b) It was to be used for the evening's bath.
(c) Have it thrown into the gully-drain.
(d) Have it thrown into the men's faces.

5. When half of the crowd at the end of Chapter 3 were behind the door of the crematorium, what was the other half, still dressed, doing?
(a) Praying aloud the same prayers.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Protesting to the SS.
(d) Whispering to each other about an escape plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?

2. What happened to the gold teeth pulled from the mouths of those gassed?

3. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?

4. From what point of view is the story told?

5. What was Auschwitz fashion?

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